greatly
/ˈɡɹeɪtli/
"greatly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“greatly” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,090
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To a great extent or degree.
Corpus desk
Index EN-greatly · greatly · English
greatly · rank #4,090 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,090
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH genius
Nearest frequency peer: genius (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “greatly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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fuckin
95,915 corpus weight
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fundamental
95,914 corpus weight
- genius
genius
95,912 corpus weight
- greatly
greatly
95,911 corpus weight
- guidance
guidance
95,910 corpus weight
- infection
infection
95,908 corpus weight
What this shows “greatly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greatly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹeɪtli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “greatly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around greatly (IPA /ˈɡɹeɪtli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #4,090 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for greatly, with forms such as "geratly", "ggreatly", and "graetly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "greats", "great", "gently", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly. The correct English form is greatly, spelled G-R-E-A-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1To a great extent or degree.
- 2Nobly; magnanimously.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how greatly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year, much to nobody's surprise.
He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory.
Etymology
From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- geratly
- ggreatly
- graetly
- grealty
- greatlly
- greatlyy
- greattly
- greatyl
- gretaly
- grreatly
- rgeatly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of greatly - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).